A Blog About Food & So Much More

Buffalo Chili

Look at me, on a blogging roll. As I mentioned yesterday its been quite warm here, and yet that didn’t stop us wanting to make a very cozy fall dinner: chili. To mix it up, though, we were trying a new recipe from Closet Cooking (found through Pinterest, of course) for a chili loaded with the flavors of buffalo chicken wings.

We like our buffalo chicken flavor, and not just on wings: pizza, dip, sloppy joes. When I came across this recipe I knew it’d be right up our alley. It was just as delicious as I expected, but I hadn’t anticipated how easy it would be, too! Aside from chopping some vegetables and opening some cans there’s not much to do but measure out spices and let everything simmer to peak tastiness. We swapped the called for ground chicken for ground turkey and diced tomatoes for tomato sauce to get the flavor without the chunky tomato bits.

Buffalo Chili

1 – 1 1/2 lb ground chicken or turkey

1 onion, diced

1/2 cup carrots, diced

1/2 cup celery (2 ribs), sliced

2 cloves garlic, chopped

1 tsp cumin

1 cup beer or chicken broth (we used beer plus a 1/2 tsp or so of chicken bouillon for broth flavor)

15 oz can tomato sauce or diced tomatoes

15 oz can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained

1 tsp paprika

1/2 tsp oregano

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

1/2 cup hot sauce (more or less to taste)

salt and pepper to taste

blue cheese crumbles for serving

Brown your chosen meat and set aside. Heat a little veggie oil in a pot and cook onion, carrots and celery about 15 minutes until tender. Add cumin and garlic, cook about a minute. Add beer to deglaze pan, then add meat, beans, tomato, hot sauce and remaining seasonings. Stir together and simmer at least 15 minutes. Top with blue cheese crumbles and enjoy!